The Little Damozel
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The Little Damozel is a 1933 British
romance film
directed by Herbert Wilcox
and starring Anna Neagle
, James Rennie
and Benita Hume
. A Captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton...
and starring Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle
Forming a professional alliance with Wilcox, Neagle played her first starring film role in the musical Goodnight Vienna , again with Jack Buchanan. With this film Neagle became an overnight favourite...
, James Rennie
James Rennie (actor)
James Rennie was a Canadian film actor who appeared in several Hollywood films during the 1920s and 1930s.-Early life:...
and Benita Hume
Benita Hume
Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
. A Captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
Cast
- Anna Neagle ... Julie Alardy
- James RennieJames Rennie (actor)James Rennie was a Canadian film actor who appeared in several Hollywood films during the 1920s and 1930s.-Early life:...
... Recky Poole - Benita HumeBenita HumeBenita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
... Sybil Craven - Athole StewartAthole Stewart-Selected filmography:Athole appeared in the following films:* Canaries Sometimes Sing * The Speckled Band * The Faithful Heart * The Constant Nymph *Loyalties * The Four Masked Men...
... Captain Partington - Alfred DraytonAlfred DraytonAlfred Drayton was a British film actor.Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was The Beloved Vagabond at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the...
... Walter Angel - Clifford HeatherleyClifford Heatherley-Selected filmography:* The Tavern Knight * The Autumn of Pride * Mademoiselle from Armentieres * The King's Highway * The Constant Nymph * Champagne * The W Plan...
... Papa Bertholdy - Peter Northcote ... Abraham
- Franklyn BellamyFranklyn Bellamy-Selected filmography:* Yellow Stockings * The Barton Mystery * The Little Damozel * Up for the Derby * Member of the Jury * Mr. Smith Carries On * Splinters in the Air...
... Franz - Aubrey FitzgeraldAubrey Fitzgerald-Selected filmography:* The Last Witness * The King's Highway * Good Night, Vienna * Discord * The Little Damozel * Peg of Old Drury * When Knights Were Bold * Song of the Forge...
... Fritz